Knowth Excavations: A policy of publication

Knowth Excavations: A policy
of publication
George Eogan
Research from 1962
to early 2000s
1962
c. 1990
c. 1970s
Previously Published:
c. 27 Academic Papers and 4 Books -
Vol. 1: Smaller passage tombs, Neolithic occupation and Beaker activity
Vol. 2: Settlement and Ritual Sites of the Fourth and Third Millennia BC
(by George Eogan & Helen Roche)
Vol. 3: Knowth & the Zooarchaeology of Early Christian Ireland
(by Finbar McCormick & Emily Murray)
Knowth and the Passage Tombs of Ireland
(Eogan 1986)
Currently in Progress:
Volume 4: Historic Knowth and its Hinterland
Volume 5: The Archaeology of Knowth during the First and Second Millennia AD
Volume 6: The Archaeology of the Main Mound (Tomb 1)
Volume 7: Megalithic Art at Knowth and its Context
Future Work:
Volume 8: Prehistoric and Historic Knowth: An Overview
Volume 4: Historic Knowth and its Hinterland
Chapter I: Francis J. Byrne & Catherine Swift – Early Christian Knowth and the
Kingdom of North Brega including comprehensive pedigrees and an examination
of the Ogham and vernacular style inscriptions uncovered.
Chapter II: Gillian Kenny – Medieval Knowth, including occupation
by the Cistercians and later the Anglo-Normans.
Chapter III: William Jenkins – Post-Medieval & Modern Knowth
Volume 5: The Archaeology of Knowth during the First and Second Millennia AD:
Structures
Paving D
Souterrain 2
House 3
House 7
Volume 5: The Archaeology of Knowth during the First and Second Millennia AD :
Iron Age & Early Christian Artefacts
Volume 5: The Archaeology of Knowth during the First and Second Millennia AD:
Medieval Archaeology
Selection of Medieval pottery
recovered from Knowth
‘Grange’ on summit of Tomb 1
Volume 6: The Archaeology of the Main Mound (Tomb 1)
West Tomb under excavation
East Tomb under excavation
Orthostat sockets in
East Tomb
Interior of East Tomb passage
Volume 6: The Archaeology of the Main Mound (Tomb 1)
Stratigraphy of the mound, setting of the
Kerbstones, associated external features
and geology
Volume 6: The Archaeology of the Main Mound (Tomb 1):
Analysis and Radiocarbon Dating of Cremated Bone
Tomb 16, cremated bone in situ
Volume 7: Megalithic Art at Knowth and its Context
Tomb 1 –
Phase A & B
Volume 7: Megalithic Art at Knowth
and its Context – Small Tombs
Tomb 14
Orthostat 8
Tomb 2 Right Recess
Orthostat 22 & Stone basin
Volume 7: Megalithic Art at Knowth and its Context – Mobile Objects
Baetyl 1 – from near
entrance to Tomb 12
Baetyl 3 – from outside
entrance to West Tomb
Flint Macehead –
from entrance to
East Tomb,
Right Recess
Conical Sandstone
Object – from
opposite entrance
of West Tomb
Flagstone –
from East Tomb,
End Recess
Acknowledgements
All of this work owes a great deal to the help and assistance received from the outset, over a
period of more than forty years, from a large number of individuals and institutions.
Unfortunately there are too many to mention individually but the fact that this is so does not
detract from the gratitude and appreciation that I wish to extend to them.
I am particularly grateful to the large number of people and institutions that assisted with
these publications, these include:
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National Monuments Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local
Government; The Heritage Council; Office of Public Works; The Naughton Foundation;
The Royal Irish Academy; School of Archaeology, University College Dublin; The National
Museum of Ireland
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RIA - Jim Slevin (President), Ruth Hegarty & Helena King (Publications)
DEHLG – Ann Lynch
Vol. 2 - Helen Roche
Vol. 3 - Finbar McCormick & Emily Murray
Vol. 4 - Francis J. Byrne, Catherine Swift, Gillian Kenny & William Jenkins
Vol. 5 - Chris Lynn, Madeline O’Brien, Cathy Johnson & John Bradley
Vol. 6 - Kerri Cleary, Hemal Thakore, George Sevastopoulo, Mary Corcoran, Ana Dolan,
Willie Cumming & Paul McMahon
Vol. 7 - Elizabeth Twohig, Gillian & Rachel Corcoran, Gráinne Kelly, Declan Burke &
Suzanne Manning
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